Latino New Play Festival

Teatro Vivo follows its hit inaugural fest with readings of three more works by Latino writers

"...sense, new plays are old news in Austin. Local theatre companies have been spotlighting work by hometown playwrights for..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qmmunity

On self-care, Halloween month, and getting the queer vote out

"...So they went ahead and made him a justice. I guess we all saw..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

All Over Creation: Here Today ...

Site-specific art that exists so briefly says a lot about Austin

"...The transformation of the space was as stunning as promised. Suspended under..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize the year's most exceptional..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...art museums. No symphony. No ballet. No opera. None of the scores of small independent arts companies generating original..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...In more than 30 years of working in and around Austin as both a professional..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Happy Feet!

'You listening to the ooold school – KUTX, nine-eight-nine!'

"...Friday, 4pm, and John L. Hanson Jr.'s on the move...."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Ruth Denney: In Memoriam

Ruth Denney, one of the most influential arts educators that Texas ever knew, died March 26, little more than a week before her 93rd birthday

"...A teacher, mentor, and inspiration for who knows how many theatre artists over..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...On Monday, June 7, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"..."Out here," is how Rick Garcia repeatedly describes the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School where he teaches Theatre..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Art

Art Openings

"..."Dance Show," Skylight Gallery (Mar 4); "Definientia II," Gallery Lombardi..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Culture Flash

A dozen NEA grants, an Austinite for State Artist, and Austin High takes state

"...• Congratulations to the following 12 Central Texas arts groups that have just been awarded 2011 grants..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

This year's recipient of the UT College of Fine Arts' E. William Doty Award.

"...spring for the past several years, the UT College of Fine Arts has singled out an individual whose support..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Jumping on the Bard-wagon

With the arrival of September, Austin is again awash in Shakespeare. Five productions -- from a minimalist Romeo and Juliet to a deconstructed comedy goofing on all the plays -- are currently playing Central Texas stages.

"..."It's the movie," says Bill Sheffield, board member of the Austin Shakespeare Festival (ASF) and director of the..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Postscripts

Thinning the Herd

"...be able to watchthe latest books arrive at your office, for free, readwhat you want to of them and..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...And then the word came: The feds had raided a..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

November is Dvorák month in Austin!

The University of Texas is marking the centenary of Dvorák's death with an ambitious multidisciplinary festival called "New Worlds: Dvorák in Search of America."

"...The University of Texas is marking the centenary of Dvorák's death..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'From Silence to Power'

Bonnie Cox stages dances drawn from traumas to move through them

"...Dancer-choreographer Bonnie Cox and I are trying, over the phone,..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The House That PAC Built

"...the title structure, then are introduced to a host of characters, one by one, with each introduction establishing a..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...when the tears started to flow. They were tears of joy. Everything he'd worked toward was coming true. He'd..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Writing by Degrees

The Unfolding Now

"...just what it is is quite lost to both of us. To one of us, anyway: Foshko may well..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

"...by Louisa C. Brinsmade, with contributions this week by Andrea Barnett, Robert Bryce, and Nelson England...."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

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